Assignment 2: First Draft

By Tuesday, June 13, 2017, complete a draft of your paper integrating the source material from your research and citing appropriately. Submit your paper to the M4 Assignment 2 Dropbox. Turnitin is integrated into the Dropbox. When you submit your paper, it will be run through the TurnItIn software, and you will be able to review your Originality Report soon after submission. If your TurnItIn score is not in the green range, be sure to make the appropriate changes as noted on the TurnItIn report.

For guidance on organizing your paper, refer back to the outline you created in Module 3 as well as any feedback you received on your outline.

You will want to review your work by using the checklist provided below:

• You have a single point that is conveyed through your thesis statement.
• Your paper makes a logical argument that can be supported with credible research.
• Your paper is well organized and you know your audience.
• You receive a TurnItIn report in the green range.
• You are able to understand your opposition, and you respond well to the claims of your opposition.
• You cite at least 6 reliable sources (8 in the Module 5 submission).
• You use correct in-text citations.
• Your references page is correctly formatted.
• You show a strong command of vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation.
• Your paper is 6–8 pages not including the title and references pages.

at least 200- 300 words

adhere to the deadline 20:14 EST

Now think of a topic that you would like to write about for Essay #2. 

You will write about this new topic in the first part of the Week 3 forum.

Once you state your topic, use the example in the Lesson as a guide, and then work to answer these questions in the rest of this post:

1. Why did you pick this topic?
2. What do I already know about it?
3. What is my goal in acquiring new information through my research?
4. What information will I want to share with my reader?

Part 2: Next, post your thesis statement for Essay 2 here as a one-sentence thesis statement. Please bold it and identify it, so that we can all tell what it is. Make sure you are writing one sentence only, and that you are not using a question. For example, “Should children wear uniforms in public schools?” is not a thesis sentence. To be a thesis sentence, the sentence must take a stand and be a declarative sentence.  After you type your thesis statement, discuss how you arrived at that one sentence. What process of thought led to that sentence? Did you conduct research on your topic before coming up with your thesis statement? Have you taken a stand in your thesis statement? Do you think that when you do more research on your topic, your stand might change? Did you start with one thesis and evolve into another?

(It is expected, in academic writing, that you may need to change your thesis statement as you work on your essay. You may believe one thing, only to find through research that your initial beliefs must be adjusted. Or, you may have to change your topic somewhat due to available research.)